A civil society fact-finding team that investigated attacks on churches and a Hindu temple in Odisha on Eastern Sunday sees evidence of conspiracy to divide Christian and Hindu tribal communities in the eastern Indian state.

“The attacks were highly planned and purposefully executed. It was well planned to create fear and tension among Christians and others,”...

The most recent episode took place yesterday, when some unknown criminals entered the cemetery of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ in Ukkinadka, in the district of Kasaragod, and destroyed the cross that stood in the burial place. Then the vandals damaged another seven tombs.

On 10 April a pastoral center was attacked, where 150 students were in retreat. On Holy Saturday, an .....

As many as 51 Members of Parliament (MP) and Member of Legilative Assembly (MLAs) have declared cases of crime against women, including of alleged rape and abduction, a study said on Wednesday.

Of the 51, 48 are MLAs and three are Members of Parliament (MPs), said a study by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a non-government organisation working for electoral reforms....

A Hindu extremist has admitted to attempting to murder a pastor in Andhra Pradesh as the pastor was praying at night, according to police.

On March 29, while Pr Madira Koti Reddy, 55, head of a house church in Rentachintala village, Guntur District, was studying Bible and praying at about 10 p.m. after eating dinner with his family, the assailant silently entered the house and went to the .......

Four Christians, including the wife of a church leader, have been charged with “hurting religious sentiments” after they handed out Christian literature during an Easter procession in India’s southern Telangana state.

They were taken into custody by police in the state capital, Hyderabad, at around 5.30 pm on.....